Walter Gordon Smart

  General Notes:

Service Record
Name SMART, WALTER GORDON
Service Australian Army
Service Number VX119221 (V16726)
Date of Birth 19 Mar 1904
Place of Birth CAVANAGH, SA
Date of Enlistment 13 Nov 1942
Locality on Enlistment CASTLEMAINE, VIC
Place of Enlistment WARWICK, QLD
Next of Kin SMART, BERTHA
Date of Discharge 5 Jul 1944
Rank Corporal
Posting at Discharge 5 ARMY TROOPS COY
WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display
Prisoner of War No
Co

Walter enlisted in the Australian Army on 13 Nov 1942. His next of kin was his wife Bertha Beatrice Smart, 39 Bowden Street, Castlemaine, Victoria
His Medical details: - Height - 5 feet 10 inches, Eyes - blue, Hair - dark, Complexion - medium, Distinctive marks - Scar below left eyebrow and near right knee.
Walter served for 1106 days - 374 abroad. He served in New Guinea and got Malaria. He returned to Australia and was discharged on 5 Jul 1944.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Metalifurous Miner (Tin Mining).

• Religion: Methodist.

Walter married Iris Edna Victoria Bates, daughter of Alfred Arthur Bates and Rachael Baker. (Iris Edna Victoria Bates was born in 1914 in Germanton, now Henty, NSW Australia, died on 4 Sep 1985 in Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria Australia and was buried on 7 Sep 1985 in Maddingley General Cemetery, Baccus Marsh, Victoria, Australia.)